A slow virus is a virus, or a viruslike agent, etiologically associated with a disease, having a long incubation period of months to years and then a gradual onset of symptoms which progress slowly but irreversibly and terminate in a severe compromised state or, more commonly, death. A slow virus disease is a disease that, after an extended period...
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(from the article `nervous system disease`) The infectious disease kuru was once prevalent in people of the Fore tribe of New Guinea. Transmission of the disease was traced to ritual ...
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1. <virology> Specifically one of the Lentivirinae ... 2. Any virus causing a disease that has a very slow onset. Diseases such as sub acute spongiform encephalopathy, Aleutian disease of mink, scrapie, kuru and Creutzfeldt Jacob disease may be caused by slow viruses. ... See: prion. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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any virus that remains latent for long periods in the infected host before the appearance of clinical symptoms.
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(1) Specifically one of the Lentivirinae. (2) Any virus causing a disease that has a very slow onset. Diseases such as sub-acute spongiform encephalopathy, Aleutian disease of mink, scrapie, kuru, and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease may be caused by slow viruses. See also prion.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a virus, or a viruslike agent, etiologically associated with a disease having a long incubation period of months to years with a gradual onset frequently terminating in severe illness and/or death.
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Slow virus: 1. A virus that has a long incubation period before the onset of a gradually progressive disease. 2. Specifically, one of the Lentivirinae, a subfamily of viruses that are nononcogenic retroviruses such as Visna virus that cause diseases that are characterized by long incubation periods and chronic progressive phases.
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n] - a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear
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noun a virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear; `kuru is caused by a slow virus`
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